2 Samuel 1:25   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

"How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights.

2 Samuel 1:26   (Read all of 2 Samuel 1)

I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women.

2 Samuel 2:5   (Read all of 2 Samuel 2)

he sent messengers to them to say to them, "The Lord bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him.

2 Samuel 2:6   (Read all of 2 Samuel 2)

May the Lord now show you kindness and faithfulness, and I too will show you the same favor because you have done this.

2 Samuel 2:7   (Read all of 2 Samuel 2)

Now then, be strong and brave, for Saul your master is dead, and the people of Judah have anointed me king over them."

2 Samuel 2:14   (Read all of 2 Samuel 2)

Then Abner said to Joab, "Let's have some of the young men get up and fight hand to hand in front of us." "All right, let them do it," Joab said.

2 Samuel 2:20   (Read all of 2 Samuel 2)

Abner looked behind him and asked, "Is that you, Asahel?" "It is," he answered.

2 Samuel 2:21   (Read all of 2 Samuel 2)

Then Abner said to him, "Turn aside to the right or to the left; take on one of the young men and strip him of his weapons." But Asahel would not stop chasing him.

2 Samuel 2:22   (Read all of 2 Samuel 2)

Again Abner warned Asahel, "Stop chasing me! Why should I strike you down? How could I look your brother Joab in the face?"

2 Samuel 2:26   (Read all of 2 Samuel 2)

Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will end in bitterness? How long before you order your men to stop pursuing their fellow Israelites?"

2 Samuel 2:27   (Read all of 2 Samuel 2)

Joab answered, "As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued pursuing them until morning."

2 Samuel 3:7   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

Now Saul had had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. And Ish-Bosheth said to Abner, "Why did you sleep with my father's concubine?"

2 Samuel 3:8   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, "Am I a dog's head-on Judah's side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven't handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offense involving this woman!

2 Samuel 3:12   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, "Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you."

2 Samuel 3:13   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

"Good," said David. "I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing of you: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Michal daughter of Saul when you come to see me."

2 Samuel 3:17   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, "For some time you have wanted to make David your king.

2 Samuel 3:21   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

Then Abner said to David, "Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

2 Samuel 3:24   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

So Joab went to the king and said, "What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you let him go? Now he is gone!

2 Samuel 3:25   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

You know Abner son of Ner; he came to deceive you and observe your movements and find out everything you are doing."

2 Samuel 3:31   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner." King David himself walked behind the bier.

2 Samuel 3:34   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. You fell as one falls before the wicked." And all the people wept over him again.

2 Samuel 3:38   (Read all of 2 Samuel 3)

Then the king said to his men, "Do you not realize that a commander and a great man has fallen in Israel this day?

2 Samuel 4:8   (Read all of 2 Samuel 4)

They brought the head of Ish-Bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Here is the head of Ish-Bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who tried to kill you. This day the Lord has avenged my lord the king against Saul and his offspring."

2 Samuel 4:11   (Read all of 2 Samuel 4)

How much more-when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed-should I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!"